Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
This September 15 marks the commemoration of 200 years of independence Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
The commemorative festivities for independence, which are celebrated throughout the month, begin on September 1, National Flag Day, but the most important ceremony is held every September 15, although this time without parades of dozens of secondary and public schools, which usually participate every year.
Today the flags of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the five Central American countries celebrating their independence from Spain on September 15, 1821, were also hoisted.
Activities began at 6:00 am with seven pipes carried out by members of the Honduran Armed Forces (FAS) from Juana Laínez Hill, in the capital, as a guideline for the inauguration of the Bicentennial. As the pipes rumbled, the five flags, like a single homeland, began to blaze from the heights.
Subsequently, civilian and military authorities surrendered honor to the statue of Francisco Morazán in front of the Central American Bank of Economic Integration (BCIE) in Tegucigalpa.
Similarly, a minute of silence was observed in honor of Hondurans who have died due to the covid-19 pandemic. The pavilions of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica were raised at about 6:15 am at the CABEI, where the Act of Independence was also read.
President Juan Orlando Hernandez and First Lady Ana Garcia participated in the hoisting of the National Flag and reading of the Act of Independence. The event was attended by the ambassadors of the republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras, as well as the authorities of the Municipal Mayor of Central District, led by Nasry Tito Asfura, officials of the CABEI and secretaries of state, among other special guests.
photos: From the capital they parade on the birthday of the Fatherland amidst restrictions
“It is 200 years since this historic feat that meant a before and after for our peoples, that of living free, sovereign and independent was thanks to the sacrifice of men and women who dreamed of a constructive Central America. of his destiny, ”the Honduran president began by saying in his speech Juan Orlando Hernández.
“We have inherited a legacy of courage, bravery, patriotic love, freedom and justice. 200 years have passed and today more than ever this dream of having a strong and united Central America is still valid among those who love this God-blessed region.” added the ruler.
“I am a person convinced of the economic, political and social integration of our people. I firmly believe that this is the right way to go, I am an integrationist by vocation and conviction, united as brothers we are stronger and invincible,” said Hernandez .
“Today after two hurricanes, a covid-19 pandemic, we have a fight ahead, together we will do our best in the country, giving back to the people what is theirs,” he said. Nasry Ashura during his intervention.
photos:Police and military institutions star in Bicentennial parade at SPS
“Sometimes silence is confused with ignorance, tranquility with acceptance, kindness with weakness, politicians must be moderate with our attitudes because we are appointed to work for the people. The right to freedom, respect for the awareness, the love for the truth, must always endure, ”the official added.
After 8:00 am, military parades, police and other institutions were held on the boulevards of Tegucigalpa and the National Stadium, as well as presentations of schools preselected by the Ministry of Education against the onslaught of the pandemic. Only 4,000 people were allowed to enter the stadium by prior invitation.
At 12:00 noon more pipes and the descent of the paratroopers are expected. 29 men and one woman will be launched, who will also carry the flags of the five Central American nations.
historical review
The reason why all of Central America celebrates this date together is because each country previously formed a province of the Captaincy General of Guatemala.
Under this scheme is that they automatically gained their independence. In Honduras, the news was known until September 28, 2021, the day when the sheets of independence arrived in Comayagua and later in Tegucigalpa.
It should be noted that on September 22 in Thanks received the documents, before the aforementioned municipalities. The five countries always wanted to be one and this was one of the dreams of Francisco Morazán, under this representation, on November 22, 1824 was born the Federal Republic of Central America, which dissolved between 1837 and 1841, from there all countries followed in the direction of what they are now, sovereign republics.